Topic Talk | 3 Kings Day

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl tells Jack about the Mexican holiday 3 Kings Day. Transcript: 00:00:01 Jack Welcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and today I'm here with my co-host social. And this is a new kind of episode that I like to call, topic talks and so social. What is today's topic or the topic talk? 00:00:20 Xochitl Uh, today's topic tag is a cultural holiday tradition called 3 Kings Day, and it's a holiday celebrated on January 6th and we celebrate in Mexico and I'm not sure if we celebrate it in other places of Latin America, but it celebrates when the three kings visited the baby Jesus. 00:00:41 Xochitl You brought gifts. So in Mexico you don't actually get your gifts on Christmas and stuff you. I mean, you can, but you usually get your gifts on three Kings Day. 00:00:52 Jack Ohh really you get? 00:00:53 Jack Your your gifts on three Kings Day for not not. 00:00:58 Xochitl Yeah, I mean, I got. 00:01:00 Xochitl Gifts both days growing up, I split, split them up like between Christmas and three Wednesday. 00:01:09 Xochitl But traditionally in Mexico, you do get your gifts on three Kings Day so. 00:01:16 Jack And and this also we should let our listeners know, this is like a this is from the the Christian Bible. The idea that on the on I guess it was when when Christ was Jesus was born. 00:01:31 Jack Barn 3 Kings presented him with gifts, right? Gold, frankincense and myrrh. 00:01:42 Jack Is that what it? 00:01:42 발표자 Yeah, yeah. 00:01:42 Jack Is OK alright. I don't know what Murray is. Actually, I don't know what frankincense is either, but. 00:01:47 Xochitl Frankincense is a type of like it's a it's like a potpourri, or like an incense type of thing. It's a smell. I've smelled it before. It's kind of it smells kind of like minty. 00:01:55 Jack OK. OK. OK. 00:02:02 Xochitl But look really sweet. I don't know. 00:02:03 Jack That's nice. Oh, OK. OK. Frank, it's. I mean, it kind of sounds like frankincense kind of sounds like some kind of incense. You know, like it comes to the word incense, but, but murder? 00:02:03 Xochitl How to? 00:02:05 Xochitl It is nice. 00:02:13 Xochitl Right, yeah. 00:02:16 Xochitl Yeah, I don't know what that one is. 00:02:19 Xochitl I'll be honest. 00:02:19 Jack What is that? OK. All right. Have no idea if you know what Mer is. Please let us know. Send us. 00:02:20 Xochitl I have no. 00:02:21 Xochitl I don't have that one. 00:02:24 Xochitl An e-mail leave us a comment. 00:02:29 Xochitl Or time in the we chat or. 00:02:30 Xochitl WhatsApp groups, but uh. 00:02:32 Xochitl Yeah. So what we do typically is that we exchange gifts on this day kind of like you would for Christmas and then we. 00:02:42 Xochitl Cut up the roska, which is a three kings cake or King's cake. Kind of like Mardi Gras where you have. 00:02:48 Xochitl King's cake it's. 00:02:49 Xochitl A similar kind of consistency. It's flavored with orange and anise seed. 00:02:55 Xochitl And it has, like marzipan and cherries and candied orange peels. UM on the top. 00:03:04 Xochitl And the very interesting. 00:03:05 Jack Ohh nice. 00:03:06 Xochitl Yeah, it is really tasty. I had two pieces, but the really interesting part about this pastry, it's shaped like a ring and everyone cuts their own peace. And if you get there's three plastic baby jesuses inside the. 00:03:24 Xochitl The cake and if you get a baby Jesus on February 2nd, you have to make tomorrow's for every. 00:03:32 Jack Oh, really? OK. 00:03:36 Jack Did you get a baby Jesus? 00:03:38 Xochitl No, I I have a few tricks up. 00:03:40 Xochitl My sleeve Jack. So. 00:03:42 Jack Nobody wants. 00:03:42 Jack A baby Jesus. You don't want a baby Jesus. 00:03:45 Xochitl You don't want a baby Jesus because then you have to make tomorrow and no one wants to make tamales. So I have a few tricks up my sleeve that I use to avoid the baby. Jesuses #1 is. 00:03:57 Xochitl The riskiest part is when you've cut your first piece of cake, you're pretty m